A Family Travel Blog
The Best Cities in the World During the first pandemic lockdown, I asked my wife and kids to rate every country that we had traveled to. I added in my votes and ranked them, and the result was my post on the The Best Countries to Visit. Then, as more… Read More
2020 2020 isn’t going to be on anyone’s shortlist of favorite years. That doesn’t mean it’s a lost year though. For every cancelled trip, concert and sporting event, there was an opportunity to enjoy a slower way of life, and plenty of time to improve ourselves. In Southern California we… Read More
This post is sponsored by Ecolab. Road Trip Tips The past few months we’ve driven over 12,000 miles and spent more than 200 hours in the car, road tripping between California and Colorado. We’ve never been a road trip family before, but with virtually no international travel options this year, and… Read More
This post is sponsored by Ecolab. How to Choose a Hotel I get a lot of questions about why we choose the hotels we do, and this year, as we’ve been road tripping, I’ve received a lot of emails and DMs asking about which hotels have done a good job implementing… Read More
Travel Photography So you love travel and you love to photograph while you go. But are you always a little bit disappointed at the ability of your photographs to capture the spirit of your destination? Do you want to improve your photography while you’re in amazing destinations? Have you thought… Read More
Summer Road Trips In June I drove from California to Colorado and back with two of my kids and documented the road trip, including the COVID-specific elements, in this post. And then in July I drove half the route again, from Colorado to California, with my oldest daughter. And we… Read More
Note: I wrote this post for DK.com for when people start planning travel again. If you have things you would add, based on how you plan a vacation, please comment below! Ten Things to Think About When Planning Your Next Vacation We’ve taken our kids to 62 countries so far,… Read More
A Smart Garage The first time I heard about Wi-Fi, I remember thinking: “I guess it would be nice to be able to send my document wirelessly to a printer in another room.” That was my entire vision of how I thought Wi-Fi would be utilized in the future. And… Read More
A Smart Garage We are slowly turning our house into a smart home. Not because we need to be on the leading edge of technology. It’s because we travel. Our newest smart home addition: the Chamberlain Group (CGI) mQ Smart Garage Hub and myQ smartphone app. In future posts I’ll expand on… Read More
Family Travel In case you’re new to my blog, I travel a lot! In just the past four months I’ve traveled with my wife and kids all around Turkey and Greece, I’ve visited South Korea, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Iceland and the Faroe Islands with my 11-year-old son,… Read More
